§ 36.01.010 Corporate powers
§ 36.01.020 Corporate name
§ 36.01.030 Powers — How exercised
§ 36.01.040 Conveyances for use of county
§ 36.01.050 Venue of actions by or against counties
§ 36.01.060 County liable for certain court costs
§ 36.01.070 Probation and parole services
§ 36.01.080 Parking facilities — Construction, operation and rental charges
§ 36.01.085 Economic development programs
§ 36.01.090 Tourist promotion
§ 36.01.095 Emergency medical services — Authorized — Fees
§ 36.01.100 Ambulance service authorized — Restriction
§ 36.01.104 Levy for emergency medical care and services
§ 36.01.105 Fire protection, ambulance or other emergency services provided by municipal corporation within county — Financial and other assistance authorized
§ 36.01.110 Federal grants and programs — Powers and authority of counties to participate in — Public corporations, commissions or authorities
§ 36.01.115 Nonpolluting power generation by individual — Exemption from regulation — Authorization to contract with utility
§ 36.01.120 Foreign trade zones — Finding — Intent
§ 36.01.125 Foreign trade zones — Authority to apply for permission to establish, operate and maintain
§ 36.01.130 Controls on rent for residential structures — Prohibited — Exceptions
§ 36.01.150 Facilitating recovery from Mt. St. Helens eruption — Scope of local government action
§ 36.01.160 Penalty for act constituting a crime under state law — Limitation
§ 36.01.170 Administration of trusts benefiting school districts
§ 36.01.180 Zoo and aquarium advisory authority — Constitution — Terms
§ 36.01.190 Initial meeting of zoo and aquarium advisory authority — Expenditure of funds — Powers
§ 36.01.200 Federal funds designated for state schools — Use limited to reduction of outstanding debt obligations of school districts
§ 36.01.210 Rail fixed guideway public transportation system — Safety program plan and security and emergency preparedness plan
§ 36.01.220 Mobile home, manufactured home, or park model moving or installing — Copies of permits — Definitions
§ 36.01.225 Authority to regulate placement or use of homes — Regulation of manufactured homes — Restrictions on location of manufactured/mobile homes and entry or removal of recreational vehicles used as primary residences
§ 36.01.227 County may not limit number of unrelated persons occupying a household or dwelling unit — Exceptions
§ 36.01.230 Cooperative watershed management
§ 36.01.240 Regulation of financial transactions — Limitations
§ 36.01.250 Environmental mitigation activities
§ 36.01.260 Urban forestry ordinances
§ 36.01.270 Contractors — Authority of county to verify registration and report violations
§ 36.01.280 Community athletics programs — Sex discrimination prohibited
§ 36.01.290 Hosting the homeless by religious organizations — When authorized — Requirements — Prohibitions on local actions
§ 36.01.300 State and federal background checks of license applicants and licensees of occupations under local licensing authority
§ 36.01.310 Accessible community advisory committees
§ 36.01.320 Application for a permit to site an energy plant or alternative energy resource — Written notice to United States department of defense
§ 36.01.330 Failing septic systems — Connection to public sewer systems — Appeals process
§ 36.01.340 Final determination on state highway permit projects
§ 36.01.350 Removal of restrictive covenants — Hearing, notice
§ 36.01.360 Telecommunications services and facilities authorized — Requirements
§ 36.01.370 Comprehensive cancer care collaborative arrangements — Prohibition on regulation as state agency
§ 36.01.380 Wind and solar resource evaluation equipment

Terms Used In Washington Code > Chapter 36.01 - General provisions

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • county commissioners: when used in this title or any other provision of law shall include the governmental authority empowered to so act under the provisions of a charter adopted by any county of the state. See Washington Code 36.32.005
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Juror: A person who is on the jury.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: may be construed to include the United States, this state, or any state or territory, or any public or private corporation or limited liability company, as well as an individual. See Washington Code 1.16.080
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.